plowman
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Origin of plowman
Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; see origin at plow, -man
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Nick Belles, 26, a plowman clearing commercial lots in Buffalo’s south towns, said he got a total of three hours of sleep during a three-day stretch.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
But at the time, it was seen as very democratic, which is why you have a milkmaid poet and a plowman poet.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2016
Boötes, the plowman, might as well be a saucepan, and Lyra, the musical instrument, looks to me like a fry basket.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2012
My father used to say, 'A good plowman is a good farmer.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Catelyn spied a second camp strung out along the bank north of the Tumblestone, familiar standards flapping in the wind—Marq Piper's dancing maiden, Darry's plowman, the twining red-and-white snakes of the Paeges.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
From the 1880s to the late 1920s, Presque Isle Bay in winter was inhabited by a different lot of outdoorsmen - scores of polers, plowmen, feeders, packers and foremen.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2018
Real plowmen and artisans won public office only rarely, but middling farmers, petty traders, successful mechanics, and ambitious country lawyers won elections in all the states.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
And plowmen motivated by pay-per-inch contracts may speed their trucks through slick, snow-covered streets with rash abandon, ignoring black ice and other hard-to-clear road hazards.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2013
Instead of the three and four horse plows I found in North China, the plowmen about Hankow seem to rely chiefly on a single ox.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Clarence Hamilton Poe
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